Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: This year I'll be starting today, Feb 13th. (this seems to be an annual event!)

Starting Weight: 158

Goal Weight: 120

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: mindlessly eating before i even realizing i just ate 1/2 a bag of chips!

Following any specific plan: The Ideal Protein Protocol

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: My health! It has deterioriated over the last 2 years and spiriling out of control.

Anything else you would like to share with us: I was always told that hitting my 40s was going to be great. But for me, it's meant that my weight is spiriling out of control and it's MUCH harder to remove it! any exercise i've done just maintained the fat i had, not removed it. I'm tired of failure and am looking for support here to stick with something!

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: the eighties and February 1, 2011

Starting Weight: 210

Goal Weight: 125

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: I can be lazy and I can be too afraid of being judged to go to the gym sometimes. I'm a foodie. I have trouble sticking to anything.

Following any specific plan: I've been trying to follow the macrobiotic plan which works wonders on my blood sugar.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past:
I'm being honest with myself and I can pretty much get what I need to do this. I have no credible excuses.

Anything else you would like to share with us:
I used to be bulimic when I was in my twenties. I've never had a healthy relationship with food or with my body. I am working hard on trying to recognize these issues and respond positively. I want to eat healthy and not like a 13 year old whose parents are on vacation. It's time for me to grow up.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I hit rock bottom with my depression and remembering who i used to be. I'm done being fat and unhealthy. My doctor just put me on Cholesterol meds to go with my blood pressure and reflux meds. I want to get off ALL THE MEDS!

Anything else you would like to share with us: yes, i've been up down my entire life, this is the first time i have reached out to a group for support. This has to be the time that changes my life. Has to be.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: 3 FC Support and being kinder to myself.

Anything else you would like to share with us: 3 years ago in May I lost my step mom to cancer, I quit smoking cold turkey, and in the process lost a bit of myself. this is not only a journey to a smaller me, it's a quest to find me.